Firecracker explosion kills 10-year-old boy in Delhi’s Narela

New Delhi A 10-year-old boy died when a firecracker he was bursting exploded outside his house in northwest Delhi's Narela area, police said on Monday (November 9, 2026). The incident took place around 9.45 p.m.

amid Deepavali festivities on Sunday (November 8, 2026), when he was bursting a hand-held 'anar' (flower-pot firecracker) in front of his house. Air pollution over 66 times WHO limit in parts of Delhi as people defy ban on firecrackers on Deepavali Air pollution over 66 times WHO limit in parts of Delhi as people defy ban on firecrackers on Deepavali Data on air pollution missing from several monitoring stations of the Delhi Government at the peak of air pollution during the intervening night of November 8 and 9 Air pollution over 66 times WHO limit in parts of Delhi as people defy ban on firecrackers on Deepavali storyline 1 The firecracker explosion caused injuries to his chest, following which he died on the spot, police said.

Police received information from the hospital around 10.50 p.m.